Open Textbooks Statement to Make Textbooks Affordable
Make Textbooks Affordable, a campaign composed of Student Associations and Public Interest Research Groups from across the US, yesterday released a statement in support of open textbooks signed by 1000 academics. From the press release: Open textbooks are complete, reviewed textbooks written by academics that can be used online at no cost and printed for a small cost. What sets them apart from conventional textbooks is their open license, which allows instructors and students flexibility to use, customize and print the textbook. Open textbooks are already used at some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions – including Harvard, Caltech and Yale – and the nation’s largest institutions – including the California community colleges and the Arizona State University system.
0073528080 Textbooks - "Public and Private Families An Introduction" by Andrew J Cherlin
Public and Private Families: An Introduction Author: Andrew Cherlin ISBN 10: 0073528080 ISBN 13: 9780073528083 Edition: 5 Release: October 23, 2006 Format: Hardcover (608 pages) List Price: Unknown Featured Bookstores Best Prices All Bookstores
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350,000 Textbooks Downloaded From Apple's iBooks in Three Days - John Paczkowski
Though nascent and unproven, Apple’s new textbook initiative appears to be gaining lots of momentum — and quickly, too. Within days of its debut, Apple’s iBooks textbook store had already racked up a significant number of downloads. Same thing with the company’s textbook authoring tool. According to Global Equities Research, which monitors Apple’s iBook sales via a proprietary tracking system it doesn’t much care to discuss, more than 350,000 textbooks were downloaded from the company’s iBooks Store within the first three days of availability (caveat: a number of these may well have been free copies of E.O.
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Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities
Manuels scolaires libres
Education | Manuels scolaires libres Liste des projets de manuels scolaires libres ou à défaut sous licence CC BY SA NC. Avis aux contributeurs : le format retenu est courte description, licence, liens, éventuelles remarques. Liste des licences libres pour les œuvres d'usage pratique autre que les logiciels et la documentation de logiciels : Attention : Dans cette liste figure des manuels non-libres car sous licence CC-BY-NC ou dont seule une partie est libre. Manuels scolaires libres achevés[modifier]
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Free-textbooks project helps SA
AN innovative education project has enabled the government to print more than 2.4 -million free maths and science textbooks for a nominal cost. The project also allows pupils from Grade 10 to 12 to download the books free - and provides videos and presentations that they can source via the internet or on their cellphones. The textbooks are written by an army of volunteers, many of whom are PhDs , and are provided free of charge to schools. The initiative - called Siyavula - is the brainchild of Mark Horner, 35.
David Lippman
Professor David Lippman has saved students a million dollars. David co-wrote two math textbooks and built iMathAS, a free, open-source math assessment and course platform. Nearly all of his work is licensed under a Creative Commons license, allowing others to access, reuse, and edit his work for free. Unlike traditional publishers that won’t publish known textbook errors out of fear of compromising their business, David wants edits.
British Columbia Government Lends Support to Open Textbooks
Cable Green, October 16th, 2012 The government of British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, has announced its support for the creation of open textbooks for the 40 most popular first- and second-year courses in the province’s public post-secondary system. The texts will be available for free online, or at a low cost for printed versions, to approximately 200,000 students. The first texts under this project could be in use at B.C. institutions as early as 2013 for courses in arts, sciences, humanities, and business. BCcampus, a publicly funded collaborative information technology organization serving the higher-education system, will engage B.C. faculty, institutions, and publishers to implement the open textbook project through an open request for proposals. David Porter, executive director for BCcampus, explained why CC licenses are crucial to this project.
